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Hycodan ~ was I wrong?
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 476728" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'll just throw out what I was told in a treatment center, howver this was years ago and from what I hear, some of these things have changed. For one, when I was in over 25 years ago, they said never take psychiatric medications unless you are homocidal or suicidal or diagnosis'd with something like BiPolar (BP) or schiizophrenia. With anxiety, depression,etc that hasn't reached the level of life safety- no medications. These days, there are MANY psychiatrists, MH profs, etc, that will tell you differently. They will say if it's rx'd and legal and for a diagnosis, it's ok.</p><p></p><p>In NA, I was told that it isn't the drug that was the problem, it's the thinking and addictive nature in the person. I'm not sure how to summarize it briefly but I'm thinking that your daughter ending up with a narcotic medication for a sinus infection is a result of stinking thinking. on the other hand, if someone, even someone in NA, gets a broken nose and is in dire pain and a dr gives them a non-addictive pain killer, or even an addictive pain-killer, very short term and the person deosn't abuse it, gets extra support from the support system, etc, then this is not a problem. In every case, the addict is supposed to tell the rx'ing dr so the dr can do their best to steer away from the specific type of medication the person was addicted to. IOW, if a person was addicted to amphetimines, opiates, whatever, the dr will try to rx a medication that won't 'trigger' the same mental reaction.</p><p></p><p>Just my 2 cents. Clearly, no person who comes out of rehab and is really trying will decide that 'now is the time to get get some procedure that requires a pain medication'. And not ALL people coming out of rehab relapse - it is very common though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 476728, member: 3699"] I'll just throw out what I was told in a treatment center, howver this was years ago and from what I hear, some of these things have changed. For one, when I was in over 25 years ago, they said never take psychiatric medications unless you are homocidal or suicidal or diagnosis'd with something like BiPolar (BP) or schiizophrenia. With anxiety, depression,etc that hasn't reached the level of life safety- no medications. These days, there are MANY psychiatrists, MH profs, etc, that will tell you differently. They will say if it's rx'd and legal and for a diagnosis, it's ok. In NA, I was told that it isn't the drug that was the problem, it's the thinking and addictive nature in the person. I'm not sure how to summarize it briefly but I'm thinking that your daughter ending up with a narcotic medication for a sinus infection is a result of stinking thinking. on the other hand, if someone, even someone in NA, gets a broken nose and is in dire pain and a dr gives them a non-addictive pain killer, or even an addictive pain-killer, very short term and the person deosn't abuse it, gets extra support from the support system, etc, then this is not a problem. In every case, the addict is supposed to tell the rx'ing dr so the dr can do their best to steer away from the specific type of medication the person was addicted to. IOW, if a person was addicted to amphetimines, opiates, whatever, the dr will try to rx a medication that won't 'trigger' the same mental reaction. Just my 2 cents. Clearly, no person who comes out of rehab and is really trying will decide that 'now is the time to get get some procedure that requires a pain medication'. And not ALL people coming out of rehab relapse - it is very common though. [/QUOTE]
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